Dec. 31: Peter Herbolzheimer (1935), Jonah Jones (1909-2000), John Kirby (1908-1952), Gil Melle (1931-2004), Bernie Senensky (1944), Billy Taylor, Jr. (1925-1977)
Jan. 1: Oscar Celestin (1884-1954), Al McKibbon (1919-2005), Milt Jackson (1923-1999), Sonny Greenwich (1936), Neville Dickie (1937), Gianluigi Trovesi (1944), Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001), Chris Potter (1971)
Jan. 2: Nick Fatool (1915-2000)
Jan. 3: Wilbur DeParis (1900-1973), Preston Jackson (1902-1983), Herbie Nichols (1919-1963), John Jenkins (1931), James Carter (1969), Christopher Hollyday (1970)
Jan. 4: Joe Marsala (1907-1978), Slim Gaillard (1916-1991), Frank Wess (1922), John McLaughlin (1942), Robert Dick (1950)
Jan. 5: Wild Bill Davison (1906-1989), Oscar Klein (1930), Dizzy Reece (1931), Cees See (1934), Kenny Davern (1935), Louis Stewart (1944), Myra Melford (1957)
Jan. 6: Bobby Stark (1906-1945), Barry Altschul (1943), Rocky Knauer (1951)
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